ANALYSIS AND IMPACT OF STRESS ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL GOING STUDENTS IN SOUTH BANGALORE

Abstract

Background: Stress is a subjective experience that an individual may experience depending on his/ her own personality. Stress occurs when the resources to cope with situational demands and pressures are insufficient. The school environment may be highly competitive for few students than others. Apart from academic factors; there may be various other factors experienced in the school life like; peer pressure, competition with classmates, family problems, social issues etc. This makes the age group more vulnerable towards the impact of stress. Stresses of such nature and magnitude may have many psychological, social and behavioral impacts on these students. It therefore becomes more imperative to study such impacts so that appropriate measures can be taken to avoid and prevent advert actions that may intend on the exposed population. It has been noted that there is a lack of literature on the effect of stress on school students and its impact on their psyche, especially keeping in view the Indian perspective. Aim: To study and analyse the impact of stress on psychological parameters in school going students. Methods: The research method is a descriptive- correlational study. The study sample were school going students. 320 students were included by random purposeful selection who participated in this study. The research instrument consisted of a questionnaire to record the demographic data of the subjects. Adjustment inventory for senior secondary scale (AISS) was administered to determine the stress level in the subjects. Based on the outcomes, Perceived stress scale (PSS) was administered to the subjects of mild and moderate category. Results: Paired‘t’ test and ANOVA was used to analyse the data. Conclusion: Positive educational stress (EuStress) helps the students to perform better academically whereas emotional and social factors don’t have any effect on the stress.